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City officials gave the holidays an environmental twist on Monday by decorating the City Hall Christmas tree with stuffed baby manatee toys.

"We wanted to provide the community with something special and different," City Manager Carrie Parker said. "The manatees are in the Boynton Beach area during this time and we wanted to heighten awareness of this endangered creature."

The Manatee Toy Co. of Crystal River supplied the fuzzy gray toys, which are adorned with pink and blue ribbons.

The city will sell the toys for $6 each and, as with all of the company's products, part of the proceeds will go to the Save the Manatee Foundation. A dollar from each sale will to help restore the 1913 Elementary School.

The toys will be on sale at City Hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, until Dec. 23.